CTVR 2 TEST STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
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<RECENT VERSION>
1. The original hidden camera program on television was: - ANSWER ✓
Candid Camera
2. What was the first live TV transmission in the United States? - ANSWER ✓
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Herbert Hoover on the telephone
3. As of 2011, the Nielson Company said that [blank] percent of households in
the U.S. owned TV sets, down from previous years. - ANSWER ✓ 96.7
4. Most feature films are shot in this manner: - ANSWER ✓ Single camera
5. The so-called Golden Age of Television began in the: - ANSWER ✓ 1950s
6. A "narrative means that particular program has: !!!!!!! - ANSWER ✓ A
clear story
7. According to the e-text, the three ways to fund television production are: -
ANSWER ✓ Subscription, commercials & public money
8. The rise of "low-brow" (not having any real intellectual or cultural value)
sitcoms happened mostly in the: - ANSWER ✓ 1960's
9. The "MTV generation" was born into an era when:**** - ANSWER ✓ None
of these.
,10.Dramas usually tell the story of its main character's: - ANSWER ✓ All of
these: experiences, emotions and events
11."The Talking Dead" is a live companion show that comes on after "The
Walking Dead." It capitalizes on the power of social media. - ANSWER ✓
True
12.The technique of having characters change is known as the: - ANSWER ✓
character arc
13.The man credited with inventing the modern all electronic television set in
the United States is: - ANSWER ✓ Philo Farnsworth
14.The serial drama always has this type of narrative:************ -
ANSWER ✓ plot
15.The very first paid TV advertisement was for this company: - ANSWER ✓
Bulova
16.The first serialized game show was [blank]. - ANSWER ✓ Survivor
17."Sitcom" stands for: - ANSWER ✓ Situation Comedy
18.Dallas, Knots Landing, and Dynasty are all early examples of this. (Be
specific! Two words.)*********** - ANSWER ✓ soap opera
19.According to the author of the e-text, right now is definitely not the Golden
Age of Television. - ANSWER ✓ False
20.The "father of all-electronic television" actually came up with the idea for it
when he was [blank] years old. - ANSWER ✓ 14
21.A positive change in a character leads to a: - ANSWER ✓ happy ending
22.What happened at the Munich Olympics that captivated the TV audience? -
ANSWER ✓ Masked terrorists took hostages and killed people in the
Olympic village.
, 23.Probably the most important program in PBS history is [blank]. - ANSWER
✓ Sesame Street
24.The show to combine serialization along with a celebrity panel and
interactive audience participation was [blank.] - ANSWER ✓ American Idol
25.MTV's longest running series and that marked the return of the reality
television series was [blank]. - ANSWER ✓ The Real World
26.This organization regulates television in the United States. - ANSWER ✓
Federal Communications Commission
27.What became the most-watched American TV program in 2014? -
ANSWER ✓ The Super Bowl
28.Sitcom - ANSWER ✓ Short for situational comedy, is one of most popular
and enduring forms of narrative tv
29.Main attributes of sitcom - ANSWER ✓ An ongoing storyline w/ a recurring
set of characters, almost always set at home or work, that have an inherent
conflict with each other
30.Conflict of sitcoms - ANSWER ✓ Often between the sexes or between age
generations but can also be between races (Jeffersons) or between job title or
class distinctions
31.I love Lucy conflict - ANSWER ✓ Pragmatic immigrant bandleader Ricky
Ricardo's marriage to the wacky, scheming, and desperate to get into show
business Lucy
32.Laugh track - ANSWER ✓ I love Lucy pioneered live audiences but also
used laugh track to simulate same effect of mass laughter. Important element
because when you are surrounded by sounds of laughter it makes you more
prone to laugh along
33.Sitcom humor - ANSWER ✓ Often character driven and the characters
should have some inherent conflict between them
2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. The original hidden camera program on television was: - ANSWER ✓
Candid Camera
2. What was the first live TV transmission in the United States? - ANSWER ✓
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Herbert Hoover on the telephone
3. As of 2011, the Nielson Company said that [blank] percent of households in
the U.S. owned TV sets, down from previous years. - ANSWER ✓ 96.7
4. Most feature films are shot in this manner: - ANSWER ✓ Single camera
5. The so-called Golden Age of Television began in the: - ANSWER ✓ 1950s
6. A "narrative means that particular program has: !!!!!!! - ANSWER ✓ A
clear story
7. According to the e-text, the three ways to fund television production are: -
ANSWER ✓ Subscription, commercials & public money
8. The rise of "low-brow" (not having any real intellectual or cultural value)
sitcoms happened mostly in the: - ANSWER ✓ 1960's
9. The "MTV generation" was born into an era when:**** - ANSWER ✓ None
of these.
,10.Dramas usually tell the story of its main character's: - ANSWER ✓ All of
these: experiences, emotions and events
11."The Talking Dead" is a live companion show that comes on after "The
Walking Dead." It capitalizes on the power of social media. - ANSWER ✓
True
12.The technique of having characters change is known as the: - ANSWER ✓
character arc
13.The man credited with inventing the modern all electronic television set in
the United States is: - ANSWER ✓ Philo Farnsworth
14.The serial drama always has this type of narrative:************ -
ANSWER ✓ plot
15.The very first paid TV advertisement was for this company: - ANSWER ✓
Bulova
16.The first serialized game show was [blank]. - ANSWER ✓ Survivor
17."Sitcom" stands for: - ANSWER ✓ Situation Comedy
18.Dallas, Knots Landing, and Dynasty are all early examples of this. (Be
specific! Two words.)*********** - ANSWER ✓ soap opera
19.According to the author of the e-text, right now is definitely not the Golden
Age of Television. - ANSWER ✓ False
20.The "father of all-electronic television" actually came up with the idea for it
when he was [blank] years old. - ANSWER ✓ 14
21.A positive change in a character leads to a: - ANSWER ✓ happy ending
22.What happened at the Munich Olympics that captivated the TV audience? -
ANSWER ✓ Masked terrorists took hostages and killed people in the
Olympic village.
, 23.Probably the most important program in PBS history is [blank]. - ANSWER
✓ Sesame Street
24.The show to combine serialization along with a celebrity panel and
interactive audience participation was [blank.] - ANSWER ✓ American Idol
25.MTV's longest running series and that marked the return of the reality
television series was [blank]. - ANSWER ✓ The Real World
26.This organization regulates television in the United States. - ANSWER ✓
Federal Communications Commission
27.What became the most-watched American TV program in 2014? -
ANSWER ✓ The Super Bowl
28.Sitcom - ANSWER ✓ Short for situational comedy, is one of most popular
and enduring forms of narrative tv
29.Main attributes of sitcom - ANSWER ✓ An ongoing storyline w/ a recurring
set of characters, almost always set at home or work, that have an inherent
conflict with each other
30.Conflict of sitcoms - ANSWER ✓ Often between the sexes or between age
generations but can also be between races (Jeffersons) or between job title or
class distinctions
31.I love Lucy conflict - ANSWER ✓ Pragmatic immigrant bandleader Ricky
Ricardo's marriage to the wacky, scheming, and desperate to get into show
business Lucy
32.Laugh track - ANSWER ✓ I love Lucy pioneered live audiences but also
used laugh track to simulate same effect of mass laughter. Important element
because when you are surrounded by sounds of laughter it makes you more
prone to laugh along
33.Sitcom humor - ANSWER ✓ Often character driven and the characters
should have some inherent conflict between them
